Barbara Scowcroft, Music Director & Conductor

Auditions still Open!
For audition info click on Youth Musicians/Auditions.
Remember, every musician must re-audtion each season.
Auditions results: click on Youth Musicians/Weekly Updates
              

Open seating  
Choose your favorite seats in Abravanel Hall!
Tickets are not issued for May 22 event
* Admission FREE    * Children welcome!  * Public invited

 

 

Utah Youth Symphony Orchestras & Ensembles

proudly presents our three youth orchestras in concert for



A Symphonic Spring



Friday, May 22   at   7:30 p.m.


Abravanel Hall


featuring
  


Utah Youth Symphony Orchestra


 Utah Youth Philharmonic


 Utah Youth  Prep Orchestra


  Barbara Scowcroft
  Music Director & Conductor

Dan Rich Conductor

 

 

Vasily Kalinnikov: Symphony No. 1
Aaron Copland: Fanfare for the Common Man
 Johannes Brahms:  Symphony No. 1 


Admission - FREE
Families with children are welcome!
Open to the Public

  
Open seating
Choose your favorite seats in Abravanel Hall
Tickets are not issued for May 22 event

 

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Recent appearances of the 2008 - 2009 Season

 

 

Monday, March 2


Youth Symphony Festival of Utah

sponsored by Utah Symphony

 

Utah Youth Philharmonic

 and

Utah Youth Symphony Orchestra
  

 with Music Director & Conductor Barbara Scowcroft


at Abravanel Hall

Only musicians on our confirmed list required to meet at Abravanel Hall at noon wearing concert black attire.

Performing Maurice Ravel: Bolero 


It is our privilege for Utah Youth Symphony Orchestra and Utah Youth Philharmonic to take part in Utah's premiere state-wide youth orchestra festival, sponsored by the Utah Symphony. The Youth Symphony Festival of Utah is a prestigious annual event featuring the best youth orchestras from all over Utah taking the stage at Abravanel Hall.  The Festival serves as a showcase for youth orchestras, as well as for individual musicians. The selection process for all musicians to play the annual All-Star Side-by-Side concert with the Utah Symphony in the Spring will take place at the end of the day after the Festival; only Festival participants are eligible for the Side-by-Side concert. 

 

This event is for musicians only.  There will be no admittance for anyone other than orchestra musicians.

 

All UYSO and UYPhil musicians and Parents: 
Please see Weekly Updates for important instructions about the Festival.  You will also be receiving an email with parental and school permission forms.
 

 

In our first performance of 2009, 

for UYPhil and UYSO -

a most romantic way to spend



                                                        Valentines Day

 

Saturday, February 14   


Utah Youth

Symphony Orchestra  

and

Utah Youth Philharmonic

 together under baton of
Music Director & Conductor
Barbara Scowcroft

The Tabernacle on Temple Square

7:30 pm

Free

for ticket information and further details visit www.lds.org/events



Utah Youth Symphony Orchestra will perform The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra by Benjamin Britten and Romeo and Juliet Overture-Fantasy  by Pytor Tchaikovsky.

In an historic first, Utah Youth Symphony Orchestra and Utah Youth Philharmonic will appear on stage together to play Bolero by Maurice Ravel .

Performances at Temple Square concerts are FREE and open to the public.  However, tickets are required and restrictions apply.  Please visit their website at www.lds.org/events to order free tickets and for additional information.  Musicians participating in the performance do not need a ticket. 

All UYSO and UYPhil musicians and Parents: 

Please see Weekly Updates for important instructions about this concert.

 

Temple Square Events Ticket Office

Located at door 4 of the Conference Center, the ticket office can assist patrons in obtaining tickets and in answering questions not addressed on their www.lds.org/events web site.

Temple Square Events Ticket Office
Conference Center
60 West North Temple Street
Salt Lake City, UT 84150

1-801-570-0080

Office hours:
Monday through Friday 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.




 

 

 
 

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
January 31   -   UYPO concert - 10:30 a.m.  at West Institute Building

Barbara Scowcroft, Music Director       Dan Rich, Conductor

The Utah Youth Preparatory Orchestra, under the baton of Dan Rich, will perform a recital of pieces learned during this first concert recital.  It is free of charge, and all are invited.  Light refreshments provided after the 45 minute performance.

 

 

 

 

 

 
 
 


got Bach?


J.S. on J.S.

a Master Class with   


Joseph Silverstein

demonstration and lecture on the solo works of J.S. Bach 

sponsored by 
Utah Youth Symphony Orchestras & Ensembles
Barbara Scowcroft, Music Director & Conductor 
 

Tuesday, November 25, 2008

4:00 - 6:30

West Institute Building
 290 So. University Street
on the University of Utah campus
FREE admission - open to the public



 



Big Band Jazz Concert

Utah Youth Symphony Orchestra & Philharmonic
under the direction of Music Director Barbara Scowcroft

featuring members of the Salt Lake City Jazz Orchestra

November 3, 2008

7:30 p.m. in Libby Gardner Concert Hall

Admission is free






 

High School Musical

UYSO Featured in - High School Musical 3: Senior Year

We are now movie stars! Don’t miss the UYSO featured as the East High orchestra in Disney’s major motion picture High School Musical 3: Senior year scheduled for release in theaters       October 24, 2008.  Click on Concerts/Event Details for the inside scoop on the filming, the actors, and more!




Spectacular Concert October 7, 2008

Jenny Oaks Baker
                              

Don't miss this benefit concert featuring
Utah Youth Symphony Orchestra, Jenny Oaks Baker, and
Music Director/Conductor, Barbara Scowcroft

Libby Gardner Concert Hall on U of U campus
                             Tuesday, October 7, 2008      7:00 pm
$7.00 for students / $20.00 for adults 
                           (service fees not included)                              

Utah Youth Symphony Orchestra and former UYSO concertmaster, Jenny Oaks Baker, will perform a thrilling concert together on stage under the baton of Conductor Barbara Scowcroft. The concert features orchestral music selections from Jenny's newest CD Silver Screen Serenade with classical music recognizable from popular Hollywood movies. Arrangements by Utah's own Kurt Bestor.

Tickets available at:  www.kingtix.com or call the box office at (801) 581-7100 
 
Tickets are 100% tax-deductible; all proceeds will benefit 
Utah Youth Symphony Orchestras & Ensembles 
community youth music programs.

Violin virtuoso Jenny Oaks Baker, a Utah native and a recently-retired member of the National Symphony in Washington, D.C., will give a special concert performance with the Utah Youth Symphony October 7 at Libby Gardner Hall on the University of Utah campus. Jenny Oaks Baker was the Utah Youth Symphony's former concertmistress in the early 1990s; Her “Silver Screen Serenade” CD features music from memorable movies such as Young Frankenstein, Wizard of Oz, An American in Paris, Memoirs of a Geisha, and Romeo and Juliet.  Following the concert Baker will autograph copies of her new CD.

Please click on Concerts/Events for additional information. 

Noteworthy

 



 

Gifted UYSO&E musicians, professional conductors, and professional musician/coaches strive for beauty, integrity, and artistic excellence through musical expression.

UYSO&E musicians collaborate to create balance and harmony while promoting these ideals throughout the community.

UYSO&E enhances lives by contributing to an enduring legacy of joyful, passionate, musical distinction and music appreciation across all generations, especially among future generations of musicians, audiences, and patrons of the arts.

 

 

 

Our special thanks to the University of Utah for generously allowing UYSO&E to practice in their outstanding facilities.